Damir Urban was born on 19 September 1968 in Rijeka, Croatia, a town that is today well known for its rock scene, where he founded his first band "La Bellona" as the bassist and main songwriter.It is with this band that he performed live for the first time, although little is left today of La Bellona's music.

Damir Urban released his first solo album in 1996, entitled Otrovna kisa (Poison Rain), to critical and commercial acclaim. The album produced hits such as "Astronaut", but the highlight of his career was yet to follow.

In 1998, he released ¿ena dijete (Woman-Child) to even greater critical and commercial acclaim, and the album spawned a string of #1 hits: "Mala truba", "Odlucio sam da te volim" and "Black Tattoo" (which features the hip hop group from Split,  The Beat Fleet) all received extensive airplay. He refused to accept the PORIN (Croatia's equivalent to a Grammy) for the album, as it was nominated for best alternative album, and Urban believed his album to be a rock album, therefore, he considered he would be stealing a prize from real alternative artists.

Many Croatian rock critics including Zlatko Gall and Aleksandar Dragas consider "Zena dijete" to be one of the best if not the best Croatian album of the 1990s!

(from Wikipedia)